Global Terrorism : Issues, Dimensions and Options

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Global terrorism index. Introduction. I. Concept of terrorism: its roots and dynamics: 1. Roots of terrorism and what the terrorists aim at?/A.C. Bose. 2. Terrorism: a theoretical perspective/Surendra Chopra. 3. The political and socio-economic undercurrents of terrorism/Ajay Darshan Behera. 4. The role of ethnicity and religion in terrorism/Jasvir Singh. 5. The psychological context of terrorist personality/C.S. Sood. II. Terrorism and counter terrorism: strategies, dimensions and response: 6. Between cause and consequence: down the slippery slope of "Global" terrorism/Varun Sahni. 7. War against global terrorism: in search of a perspective/Harish K. Puri. 8. Global terrorism: a creation of the United States/Vinay Kumar Malhotra. 9. Terrorism and the Israel-Palestine conflict/Bansidhar Pradhan. 10. Palestine liberation organization: terrorist of a political organization/Manju Verma and Rinka. 11. Dimensions of war on terrorism in West Asia/Khurshid Imam. III. Terrorism in Southern Asia: 12. Terrorism and human rights/A.S. Narang. 13. Terrorism - political economy dimensions in Afghanistan/Surinder K. Shukla. 14. Terrorism and India\'s security/Baljit Singh. 15. Terrorism in Kashmir: a threat to India\'s secular polity/Naresh Kumar Gupta. 16. Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir: some characteristics/Kulwant Singh. 17. Terrorism and human rights in Punjab: a perspective from below/Jagrup S. Sekhon. Index.